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New Marine Training

While much of the military has focused on technology and improved armor to give soldiers an edge in Iraq, the Marine Corps embarked on a different approach with this program, aimed at developing new mind-sets and skills. "It's a great example of outside-the-box thinking to defeat an adaptive and wily enemy," says Army Lt. Col. John Nagl, a leading counterinsurgency expert. The military establishment is watching the new training carefully. "If this works, I guarantee the Army will be doing the same thing, only calling it something different," says Loren Thompson, a military analyst at the Lexington Institute, an Arlington, Va.-based think tank.
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I think that this is a good idea. Getting down to where we are tracking them down and hunting them instead of them hunting us I think is a very good idea. I hope it works.

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Marine Corps could shrink, Gates predicts

Secretary of Defense tells a company of new Marines at the MCRD they have all they need to accomplish their mission and return home safely from the battlefield. Ref. Source 1

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Commandant sets Marines on course for future

The new commandant of the Marine Corps lays out his vision and priorities. Ref. Source 9

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Marines lend a hand in Japan

Marine Cpl. Adam Shatarsky knew nothing would be quite normal after arriving in Oshima, the Japanese island where 300 Marines spent the past week righting boats and clearing away homes toppled by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami on March 11. Ref. Source 5

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U-T Person of the Year: The U.S. Marine

Since Sept. 11, 2001, America has relied on the Marine to keep us safe from terror at home and to take the fight to our enemies abroad, a task our Marines have handled with immense courage, professionalism and honor. Ref. Source 8

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Seven Marines from San Diego air wing killed

The names of the Marines and the units involved are being withheld until their families are notified, said 1st Lt. Maureen Dooley, a spokeswoman for 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing at Miramar. Ref. Source 4

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Marines Apply Lessons from MV-22 Crash Throughout Force
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Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Robert E. Schmidle Jr., chief of Marine aviation, said the recently concluded investigation of an MV-22 Osprey crash in Morocco this past April found no mechanical or material failures and pilots are already applying lessons learned throughout the force.
Source: American Forces Press Service News Feed